Jason Is BAAACK: “This Is The Scariest, Most Brutal Movie We’ve Ever Made”

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Speaker 1: Hey there, folks.

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Speaker 2: It is Friday, November 13th. Yes, Friday the 13th. And on this day, we are talking the man, the myth, the machete, and the mask. We have just gotten the news that we horror fans have been waiting.

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Speaker 1: 20 years for. He is back.

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Speaker 2: And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and TJ. A very enthusiastic episode, near and dear to our hearts. Yeah, robes, we might even have a tear come from our eye at some point in this episode. This is hard to explain to the uninitiated how big of a deal this is.

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Speaker 3: This is huge. Yes, Friday the 13th is coming back, and it was announced on Friday the 13th that the 13th, actual installment of the iconic horror movie series. Yes, we'll be dropping in 2027. Look, we don't have the exact date, but we did look it up. There is only one Friday the 13th in 2027, and that is August 13th. And just so happens to be my dad's birthday.

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Speaker 1: They have to, right? So that's fun. They have to.

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Speaker 3: But yeah, I would think, obviously, there's one Friday the 13th. And look, by... The interview that we'll be getting into from the producers of this film, it's already been shot. They're already talking about how well cast it is, how well acted it is, how it's going to be bigger, better, bloodier, scarier than ever.

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Speaker 1: Wait, it's already been shot?

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Speaker 3: It sounds as if they already have most of it done. I don't know the obvious exact situation the movie is in, but yes, if you hear what the producers are saying, it sounds like this thing is like Signed, sealed, and delivered and just waiting to be distributed.

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Speaker 1: Wow. They have to do it on Friday the 13th, don't they? Yes. They have to, right?

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Speaker 3: It's got to be August 13th.

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Speaker 1: August 13th is the only one. Yeah, 2027. Yes.

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Speaker 3: Look, and by the way, it's been, as you mentioned, nearly 20 years. The last Friday the 13th. was in 2009. It was that reboot from Warner Brothers. But apparently it's been tangled up in what they've just called complicated rights issues, which have finally been solved. And so here's the other big headline. We're not just getting the 13th, Friday the 13th. We're getting it directed by an OG or one of the OGs, Steve Miner. He is the director of Friday the 13th Part 2 and Part 3. And why are those significant, my love?

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Speaker 1: Robes, this is the director who was behind creating the icon that we know today. Jason became the Jason that we know in Part 3. It was the first time that he picked up a mask and put it on.

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Speaker 3: Yes. And in part two is the first time we had Jason with the machete in his hand.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it was the first time we saw a killer Jason as an adult, if you will. You know, the kid was in the lake, blah, blah, blah. But yes, he became a killer. I forgot about the sack with the eye hole in it that he wore in part two.

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Speaker 3: So the hockey mask didn't actually come about until part three. And only like hardcore longtime lovers of the of the series of movies that just began as the original because, and it was funny because I was in my research for this new movie, someone actually put up spoiler alert. Look, the original is from 1980. If I have to give you a spoiler alert as to who the killer is, then you probably aren't listening to this anyway.

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Speaker 1: That's funny.

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Speaker 3: So I feel like that's fair, right? If you're listening to this, you like this movie, you know the movie, you know that it was Jason's mom.

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Speaker 1: The time has passed.

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Speaker 3: Jason's mom... Is the spoiler, is the twist in the first original movie. Yes, you don't know who the killer is. You find out it's Pamela Voorhees. It is Jason's mom. And it isn't until the Friday the 13th part two and so on and so forth, where Jason actually basically is reincarnated, comes up from the lake and then becomes the killer. But people might not remember that.

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Speaker 2: I think most casual watchers of cinema don't remember that. And if they do remember it, it's because they remember that opening scene of Scream in which Drew Barrymore got that question wrong because it was kind of a trick question. Who was the killer in Friday the 13th? What is everybody going.

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Speaker 1: To yell out?

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Speaker 3: Jason. Jason.

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Speaker 1: Yes.

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Speaker 3: No, it was his mom. So Steve Miner. who actually created the Jason that we now know truly with the machete and then eventually, yes, with the hockey mask. He is directing this 2027 film. And he is pairing up with, he's described as an emerging or as a new screenwriter. His name is David Fliegel. So I guess he doesn't have anything else to his name. So this may sink or... I guess, catapult his career based on how this does. But the cool thing is this is produced by the Barsamian family. They have controlled the franchise through their company, Horror Inc. They're actually a part of... If you are a fan of the Peacock series, Crystal Lake, they have greenlit that. They are behind that. So they take this seriously, this franchise seriously, and they... had to get through some stuff to bring Steve, the iconic director, back, Steve Miner. I thought it's cool. Robbie Barsamian, who was the executive vice president, said reuniting Steve under a fully independent model allows us the creative control to honor what makes Jason the greatest slasher of all time and deliver the definitive theatrical event that today's audiences expect wow right isn't that exciting very exciting i thought that was a really important quote okay here's he did i can't get into all of it but he did a lengthy interview with the rap babe if you weren't already excited when i read to you what he and how he describes this 13th installment of friday the 13th you're gonna be like when is 2027 here and This is the scariest and most brutal movie we've ever made. We made sure to hold on to all the core elements that make Jason and Friday the 13th what it is. Innovative kills, practical effects, scares, and that classic slasher energy. But we really raised the bar across the board. The kills in this film are easily the most creative, brutal, bloody, and visceral we've ever done. Our cast is fantastic. On top of that, Jason feels more badass than ever. We took fan feedback to develop a new hockey mask that we think longtime classic fans are going to love. How's that for you?

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Speaker 1: Oh, my God.

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Speaker 2: So some people are listening to that and say, how can you get excited after hearing that?

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Speaker 1: Yes, absolutely. That is a fantastic promotion.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, so when I read all of this, I was like, oh my God, TJ's going to love this. TJ's going to love this. And so I couldn't wait to tell, because you hadn't read that yet. And I knew that would get you excited because this is such a, yes, it's a classic horror film. And for those of us who fell in love with horror when we were very small, very young, this is among one of the firsts that introduced us to this genre. So you can't mess with it too much. But it sounds like, it feels like it's in good hands.

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Speaker 2: The Steve Miner part is the most exciting part of this whole story to me. Having him back, the guy who essentially created one of the most iconic killers in cinematic history.

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Speaker 3: Exactly.

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Speaker 1: He's back at the helm. Yeah, that's kind of cool.

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Speaker 2: That description is, I mean, it's almost like they intentionally raised the bar.

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Speaker 1: That didn't just feel promotional.

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Speaker 3: Right? Because if you tell people and you tell diehard fans that this film series has... that it's going to be all of those things you better deliver because they will let you know if you don't. So I thought that was pretty confident and exciting. And by the way, also he said, this is just the first of many new films to come. They say that this is kicking off the next era of the franchise on the big screen.

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Speaker 1: Cool.

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Speaker 3: How about that?

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Speaker 1: There will be more. Do we, have we gotten, um, what the resident.

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Speaker 2: Evils of the world, the, um, The Evil Deads, The Mummy we just watched, Bring Her Back. Have they raised the bar in terms of what we can stomach?

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Speaker 3: I think so.

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Speaker 2: Because I don't think, like sometimes I appreciate a traditional slasher with just a guy with a knife and keep it simple.

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Speaker 3: Right.

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Speaker 2: Some of these kills and some of the stuff in, babe, some of the frickin'... Resident Evil stuff?

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Speaker 3: No, it's too much. It's too much.

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Speaker 1: It's a lot.

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Speaker 2: So are they, do they feel they have to up the ante a little bit to keep up with some of those guys?

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Speaker 3: They might. They might. They might. All right. When we come back, this is so interesting. We're going to take you back to a little Jason history because yes, for more than 45 years, Jason has been a classic original slasher. Do you know how much it costs to make the original? And by the way, What does Rotten Tomatoes think about the original, the OG Friday the 13th? Welcome back, everyone, to Amy and TJ on this Friday the 13th. We're excited to talk about the newly announced 13th installment of the Friday the 13th movie that we all love. know and love. Look, this original 1980 originally made for $ 550, 000. Does that surprise you? Man, what year? 1980? 1980. $ 550, 000. That's how much it cost to make the original. By the way, it is now a billion-dollar franchise. But I laughed out loud. I just thought, you know what? I'm going to look at the Rotten Tomatoes score on this and see what the scores are. This is for the original film that just brought us all into this amazing franchise. Critics score 44%. For the originals? For the original audience score, 60%. I got to say I was shocked.

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Speaker 1: What does it, did you look into, what do critics say about it?

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Speaker 3: I have the critics' consensus. So they say, a grisly campfire tale in slasher form, Friday the 13th delivers a brutal showcase of creative effects-driven kills that never quite disguises its threadbare plotting or lack of genuine chills. I feel like that is all through a lens of today's storytelling, today's technology and ingenuity. We have to remember that in 1980, there weren't a lot of horror films to choose from.

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Speaker 1: And Rotten Tomatoes has been around how long?

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Speaker 3: Right, exactly. I feel like this is written by somebody who was born in 1990 beyond.

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Speaker 1: But again, Rotten Tomatoes has been... Right, people only.

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Speaker 1: That's not a critique based on when people saw it in 1980. Correct.

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Speaker 2: You know what?

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Speaker 3: That is such a good way. I think that's why I was shocked. You are correct. If this had been written when it came out, it was absolutely a cutting-edge, frightening story. tale of horror that kept everybody up at night it made everyone afraid around the campfire it actually created that campfire genre of horror films that we know and love today this is responsible for so much of what we love in horror movies this.

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Speaker 2: Movie and some great music and the like simple sounds and whatnot killer mommy killer it was just good stuff 44 that's amazing.

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Speaker 3: Yes, but that's such an important... I hadn't thought about that. Of course, this is all being viewed through the lens of today's possibilities and capabilities. But look, we just started watching Crystal Lake, the Peacock series. It is already, by the way, the fourth best scripted original debut ever for Peacock. So it's doing gangbusters. It's doing really, really well. People are loving it. And our girl, I love some Linda Cardellini as Pamela Voorhees. But we only watched the first episode. I want to get into it.

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Speaker 1: We should pick.

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Speaker 3: That back up. And that just shows you, and I think this is smart marketing advice, on the Barsamian family's part of all of this. They've got, obviously, this big Peacock series that's doing really, really well, and now on this Friday the 13th, announcing their 13th installment of Friday the 13th.

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Speaker 1: Well done.

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Speaker 3: Yes. I mean, look, half of the battle is marketing, but I am impressed and excited at the threshold they've created. I hate to get my expectations too high, but they've raised them.

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Speaker 1: Then that's okay. We're looking forward to it.

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Speaker 2: We just said we had a very disappointing October and Halloween time. There were no big movies that came out. Other mommy came out early, but it was a bust. It was, it just, we, it wasn't an exciting time, uh, around Halloween. Halloween fell on a Saturday. Was that, yeah, I don't know. So we're looking forward to The upcoming horror movie.

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Speaker 3: Yes, Redemption. Horror movie Redemption with Friday the 13th. We're hoping on August 13th, 2027. So hope you all are as excited as we are. Hope you have a wonderful Friday the 13th that isn't spooky or scary in any way, shape, or form. But we always appreciate you listening to us, everyone. I'm Amy Robach, alongside TJ Holmes. We'll talk

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Speaker 1: To you soon.